Planning your wedding can be a big undertaking. What food will you serve? Will the ceremony be outdoors or indoors? How many guests will you have? Thinking about your big day can sometimes feel more nerve-wracking than joyful! If that’s the situation you find yourself in, take a deep breathe, and read on.
Include your children in your wedding to make sure that it’s an enjoyable experience for everyone. Start right when you begin planning by asking them what elements they would like to include in the ceremony. You can even have your oldest child walk you down the aisle and give you away to their new step-parent.
It’s a nice gift to give the groom his own little cake. Have the cake designer make it resemble his favorite hobbies, like carpentry or football. If it’s a surprise it will be even more meaningful to him! Just make sure that the cake itself tastes good – a wedding cake that looks gorgeous but tastes bad will not leave a good memory.
Typically, you will have a set way that you want everything to go for your wedding. If something does not go according to plan, try not to stress out. Adjust to the situation so that you can make the most of what you have and avoid any stress on the day of your wedding.
For your first song as a couple, use something that is not only popular but has a lot of meaning for you and the person that you love. Play the first song that you ever danced to or a song that reminds you of that person to make the best of this moment.
Although the weather may be at it’s peak, you probably don’t want to plan your destination wedding for a time when the most tourists are showing up at the location you’ve chosen. Try to aim for a time when there is a lull, like when kids go back to school in September.
Unless you are throwing a gala event, keep the guest list realistic and keep it small. Invite the most important people in your life first; family and close friends. Do not branch out much further than this and it will keep your wedding intimate and make sure that you have time to socialize with everyone you invite. Too many guests will keep your running trying to acknowledge them all.
For brides-to-be, make sure to ask the store where you are getting your dress how long it will take to alter it. You may even want to ask them to sign a contract stating that your dress will be ready in time. Many women have been stuck having to wear an emergency dress because their dress was not altered in time for their wedding.
If you are the bride of the wedding, be sure to remain humble. While those monster brides may have their own cable series, it isn’t because they are beautiful. It is actually the contrary, as having an ugly attitude can make you to be quite an ugly bride, and those there for you will quickly grow tired of your antics.
Do you want to do something different? Why not plan a wedding far away from home, perhaps on the location of your honey moon? Make sure all the important guests can afford the trip, or provide them with transportation. Traveling together can be a lot of fun, and your wedding will look more like a vacation than a ceremony.
Make good use of all the helpful information available to you on effective wedding planning, and learn from the experiences of others who have come before you. Your wedding is a day to be celebrated and treasured and met with excitement. We wish you a beautiful and joyful day!
